In This Issue
Finalists announced for GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards - Winners will be presented at Spring Fair on Monday 6th February
Thank you from Greenfingers - £101,000 raised by end of GCA Conference
Successful Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair for Hogewoning
Perrywood choose WinRetail from Corby + Fellas
Perrywood celebrate 'number three' position
Grow Sow Simple wins Dragons Den investment
Five reasons to visit Glee 2023
spoga+gafa: prosperous 2022 and promising 2023
Non-traditional categories outsell others in December
Dobbies hosts two free sustainable workshops
BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu in April with spectacular Hillier Secret Garden  
Spring Fair reveals inspiring Retail Stage line-up
Strong seminar line-up at 'responsible' sourcing show
Spring Fair hosts Gift of the Year shortlisted winners
Team Staverton run for charity at Beachy Head Marathon
Frank P Matthews delivers over 600 trees for NT project
Kickstart your physical and mental fitness in 2023
New GCA CEO Peter Burks interview in GTN's January Issue - read online here
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
HTA welcomes new Chief Executive
Ivyline appoints new National Sales Manager
Sad passing of salesman and agent Ken Eden
Squire's appoints new Group Health, Safety & Facilities Manager
UK growers win big at international awards
Mr Plant Geek joins Glee as first-ever ambassador
Joy of Plants adds Head of Product
UK exhibitor group ‘largest yet’ at Fruit Logistica
Gardeners among most thriving jobs in skilled trades 
The best of last week's
Bents and Klondyke Morton Hall win the GCA Destination and Garden Centre of the Year Awards
GCA Conference gets off to a crazy start - Greenfingers Challenge raises £50,000 and counting
GCA Conference Monday in pictures
GCA Theme Night gets conference buzzing
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Finalists announced for GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards - Winners will be presented at Spring Fair on Monday 6th February

After weeks of meetings, debate and discussion the judges have finally decided upon the winners of GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2022 and here is the list of centres whose teams are finalists across the 15 Christmas Team categories for this year:

 

Altons, Azure, Barton Grange, Baytree, Bennybeg Plant Centre , Bents, BGC Arcadia, BGC Bournville, BGC Braintree, BGC Bridgenorth, BGC Burford House, BGC Harrogate, BGC Hatton, BGC Studley, BGC Thatcham, Birkacre, Blue Diamond Bridgemere, Blue Diamond Fryers, Blue Diamond Three Shires, Blue Diamond Newbridge, Brimsmore Gardens, Caerphilly, California Lodge, Castle Gardens, Chasewater, Chepstow, Chessington, Colne Valley, Coolings Lifestyle, Dobbies Livingston, Dobbies Woodcote Green, Ellerker Lodge, Fosseway, Fron Goch, Garsons Titchfield, Gates, Gordale, Gouldings Santa Experience, Groves Bridport, Highfield, Keydell, Klondyke Astbury Meadow, Klondyke High Legh, Litte Dobbies Richmond, Longacres Bagshot, Meadowcroft, Newquay, Palmers Enderby, Pengelly, Perrywood Tiptree, Planters Garden King, Planters Tamworth, Poundbury Gardens, Pugh's Radyr, Pugh's Wenvoe, Rosebourne, Aldermaston, Rosebourne, Solihull, Rosebourne, Weyhill, Ruxley Manor, Sapcote, Scotts of Southend, Silverbirch, St Peters Worcester, Stratford, Summerhill, The Garden Society, The Grange, The Old Railway Line , The Plant Place, Tingley, Wentorth, Whitehall Lacock, Woodland Walk, Woodlands Ash.

 

To find out which teams win the coveted Gold, Silver & Bronze Greatest Christmas Awards for 2022 come and join us at Spring Fair on Monday 6th February.  The awards will be announced and presented to the winners at 5:00pm on the Inspiring Retail Stage in Hall 6...

 

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Thank you from Greenfingers - £101,000 raised by end of GCA Conference

£101,000 raised at the GCA Conference last week. What an amazing achievement. In three days Guy Toppings big, bold plan raised as much money as the then fledgling charity did in a year when it was set up in 1999...

 

 

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Successful Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair for Hogewoning
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The Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair saw Hogewoning attending for an eighth time with the company enjoying a highly successful show...

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Perrywood choose WinRetail from Corby + Fellas
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Corby & Fellas Ltd. are delighted to announce that Perrywood Garden Centres, based in Tiptree, Essex and Sudbury, Suffolk, have chosen WinRetail as their EPoS and Retail Management system...

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Perrywood celebrate 'number three' position

Perrywood was named third in the Top 100 UK Garden Centre League Table, at the GCA conference, making it one of only 10 ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ in the whole of the UK – and the best in the South of England...

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Grow Sow Simple wins Dragons Den investment

Gardening startup Grow Sow Simple, which uses the latest in compostable packaging innovation, has become a winner in this season’s Dragons’ Den...

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Five reasons to visit Glee 2023

With so much on offer at this year’s show (June 27th-29th) there are more reasons than we can count that retail buyers need to add the date to their diaries and start planning their visit now...

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spoga+gafa: prosperous 2022 and promising 2023

The worldwide biggest garden lifestyle fair looks back upon a successful year 2022. After decades of the fair being staged in September and a two-year break due to Covid restrictions, the fair celebrated a fortunate re-start on 19 June in 10 exhibition halls in Cologne, successfully launching the first phase of its digital matchmaking platform spoga+gafa 365 at the same time...

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Non-traditional categories outsell others in December
 

Catering was the bestselling department at garden centres across the country for the third month in a row during December, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report...

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Dobbies hosts two free sustainable workshops

Dobbies is hosting two free interactive workshops in stores across the country this February, to help residents get their garden in shape...

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BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu in April with spectacular Hillier Secret Garden  

As green shoots start to sprout in gardens across the UK, exciting new highlights are announced for the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair which opens at Beaulieu in the New Forest from 28-30 April. Whether you’re a keen gardener, experienced plant enthusiast or a budding beginner, inspiration will be in plentiful supply, and tickets are on sale now. ..

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Spring Fair reveals inspiring Retail Stage line-up

Spring Fair has announced its Inspiring Retail Stage line-up. Featuring leading industry professionals and rising stars, the line-up features 40 speakers, sharing exclusive market intelligence, insights and valuable industry information all designed to provide buyers with the opportunity to increase their knowledge, understand critical market trends and themes, and connect with leaders in the field...

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Strong seminar line-up at 'responsible' sourcing show
 

The only international sourcing platform of its kind in the UK, Source Home & Gift taking place from 5th – 8th February at NEC Birmingham, has announced its seminar programme of informative talks taking place on its new Responsible Retail Stage across all four days of the inaugural show including a keynote with founder of JoJo Maman Bébé, Laura Tenison MBE on building an ethical business...

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Spring Fair hosts Gift of the Year shortlisted winners

Spring Fair, the UK’s leading marketplace for wholesale Home, Gift and Fashion taking place at the NEC Birmingham from 5th-8th February 2023, has announced it will host the Gift of the Year 2023 judging featuring the shortlisted products in a dedicated showcase and welcoming over 70 expert judges from across the industry during the four-day show...

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Team Staverton run for charity at Beachy Head Marathon
 

A team of runners from Staverton Nursery – comprising Tom C, Mike, Tom H, Will, Fred and Harry – will be taking part in The Beachy Head Marathon on 21st October  to raise funds for the Chailey Heritage Foundation...

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Frank P Matthews delivers over 600 trees for NT project

Over 600 fruit and ornamental trees, grown by FPM, have been delivered to various locations around Birmingham. The trees were donated by the National Trust to 171 sites along the number 11 bus route which forms a circle around the city...

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Kickstart your physical and mental fitness in 2023
 

For a positive start to 2023, people in horticulture can kickstart their physical and mental fitness for free with Perennial’s Health and Wellbeing platform and app...

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New GCA CEO Peter Burks interview in GTN's January Issue - read online here

 

 

GTN January 2023 GTNs pictorial review of 2022. In this issue:

  • Peter Burks back at the GCA – Interview with the new CEO
  • 2022 in pictures – A look back at a challenging year
  • Gone but not forgotten – people we lost in 2022
  • A great year for Greenfingers
  • Christmas Sparkle – Inspiration from The Greatest Christmas Awards judging visits
  • Introducing Clever Pots
  • One to Watch – GTN visits a new centre in Southend
  • Opportunity in 2023 - HTA Column
  • A healthy relationship with government – ORHG Column
Read the issue on-line here
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